PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Velit facilisi ipsum. Sit gubergren erat duis invidunt in et dolor justo aliquyam amet. Autem dolore vulputate erat tempor duo ut diam justo. Sit kasd quis voluptua labore dolor sed elitr sea. Enim nulla sea. Est nulla nostrud sit tempor dolor sanctus esse consequat in sit.
Sample Output H3
Suscipit qui liber diam sea eos. In vulputate ipsum gubergren no et nam diam. Lorem justo sed. Diam sed gubergren tincidunt consequat lorem. Autem ad vero invidunt vel lorem tempor dolor sed accusam sanctus iusto sed. Molestie dolor diam ex sadipscing dolores aliquyam erat ea. Ullamcorper kasd gubergren enim magna ullamcorper dolore facilisi dolor. Erat ipsum nostrud stet. Lorem duis ea qui qui sadipscing aliquyam rebum accusam eos. Amet accusam nulla tempor eirmod illum augue eos. Labore ad in diam eu accusam labore duo aliquyam possim tation eos ut justo nonumy.
Kasd magna consetetur no imperdiet sanctus sed eros sadipscing kasd lorem dolores ut nonumy sit in dolor sit. Justo eirmod invidunt no gubergren clita dolor duis et et labore dolor. Eirmod eos facilisi volutpat clita magna liber sea lorem blandit tation amet. Ut sit amet et sit nulla amet augue ex diam vero sit ut sit consetetur tincidunt. Voluptua no sadipscing congue nisl tempor odio duo euismod et amet sit. Diam commodo ut at sed zzril eirmod sadipscing labore. Amet odio quis sit et luptatum sit aliquyam clita et invidunt sea lorem consequat aliquip feugiat labore.
Sample Output H4
Iusto no sanctus vel. Et te et feugait vero stet tempor aliquam kasd et sadipscing elitr nonumy suscipit takimata justo kasd in dolor. Praesent elit lorem dolore est aliquyam zzril ea tempor exerci aliquyam sadipscing no autem vero. Ea invidunt diam lorem diam invidunt ea erat. Diam elitr vel dolores lobortis at duo eos aliquyam eos gubergren aliquyam. Est clita dolor voluptua adipiscing amet eos et illum at illum enim. Dolore magna dolor tempor amet et et et kasd. Et sed ut invidunt sed ipsum duis sit sed sed dolore amet.
Gubergren lorem zzril sanctus sit consetetur blandit no volutpat amet amet ad et voluptua magna kasd gubergren. Consetetur at eros facilisi aliquyam congue sit sit et takimata dolor vero. Aliquyam nulla sit amet duis blandit rebum hendrerit gubergren vel sit ea commodo sed aliquyam. Invidunt et dolore et lorem sanctus dolor. Dolor vero dolores gubergren sit eos gubergren takimata sadipscing duis ea eos. Ad nisl te veniam nonumy gubergren.
Sample Output H4
Elitr sit takimata sit augue ut ullamcorper lorem takimata takimata facilisi. Elitr et aliquam soluta est. Amet at aliquyam et diam takimata sanctus sed nonumy. Kasd molestie kasd imperdiet eum. Feugiat dolor tincidunt quod. Eirmod et nibh tempor diam elitr dolores clita vero magna no sadipscing. Sit ipsum kasd et sanctus ipsum erat vel erat vulputate in vulputate sit sit consetetur dolore. Takimata vero dolore tempor sanctus. Clita ut labore dolores aliquyam dolores ea ut ipsum erat erat. Eirmod duis sea sed nulla ea et no eu eirmod praesent sadipscing stet eos magna nibh facer ut sed.
Voluptua dolore ut laoreet magna eos qui ea liber dolor sadipscing dolores et amet et vulputate. Rebum magna amet dolor est et tempor sed lorem et ut takimata ad duo elit labore. Ullamcorper ut facilisi ipsum option in. Consetetur clita magna sea dolor aliquyam diam dolor dolor est sanctus sit duis rebum et lobortis. Diam diam voluptua.
Sample Output H3
Elitr eu duis vel eos sea eu et. Augue suscipit aliquyam ipsum at nonumy erat magna. In nonumy tempor. Clita aliquyam accusam et esse at feugait est et lorem odio dolore et lorem eum clita ad. Ea qui aliquam sadipscing hendrerit et sed kasd duo justo. Lorem eirmod id et labore justo luptatum sadipscing clita et lorem. Diam sed consetetur vero dolores nostrud justo amet justo et amet eos sit nisl.
Takimata no vero sed velit eos ea kasd diam magna ut labore aliquyam. Aliquyam zzril clita erat kasd et dolores est minim dolor lorem lorem vel clita eirmod erat est amet ipsum. Ut dolor lorem te qui et sed labore eleifend invidunt et molestie accusam ipsum invidunt ipsum. In in lorem sanctus dolor dolor et. Invidunt sed takimata et vero gubergren justo ut labore ut tempor ad esse gubergren. Vero eirmod diam ut iriure sit dolores consequat at ex vero rebum.
Sample Output H4
Diam et sanctus diam sit et adipiscing cum nibh voluptua voluptua suscipit commodo lorem rebum blandit volutpat sit. Labore aliquyam lorem clita nonumy vel in et. Adipiscing blandit amet sit kasd sed at dolor dolore est ut amet. Accusam molestie rebum ea. Invidunt autem clita et et augue et feugait ea erat accusam amet sit lobortis rebum est eos. Gubergren nulla autem.
Sit tempor magna diam. At et ipsum ipsum eos lorem facilisi nonumy takimata nonumy vel amet diam et voluptua. Minim feugiat ut amet dolore et et exerci eirmod ut quis consequat ipsum eos sanctus dolor magna ut. Et ea eos amet sit ea vero dolor dolores elitr sea dolor voluptua nonummy ipsum. Et tempor ea tempor erat vero gubergren. Eirmod laoreet erat adipiscing gubergren lorem praesent dolores. Duo qui quis eum clita nibh dolore takimata vero ex justo dolor ea molestie et takimata.
Sample Output H4
No dignissim praesent dolore sit sanctus minim sanctus aliquyam odio takimata. Ex hendrerit sed commodo takimata clita justo voluptua diam. Lorem sit in vero diam consectetuer. Eirmod clita elitr diam ad et dolore hendrerit duo dolore suscipit aliquyam rebum tempor accumsan dolore consetetur dolor diam. Et iriure ipsum aliquam accusam rebum gubergren ut accusam at diam ea aliquyam dolore dolor. Et quis invidunt labore dolore sanctus sea clita sed et eos nihil facilisis ipsum. Diam rebum tempor sea et et lorem dolor ut autem sit accusam consetetur. In sit illum justo ea. Illum gubergren elitr no kasd sanctus kasd consetetur delenit sed elit est eos. Amet sit erat et at tempor sanctus.
Est ut ut ea ullamcorper ut et veniam at ea rebum. Amet est erat dolor et aliquyam kasd aliquam sanctus. Invidunt ipsum qui sanctus sea dolor odio consetetur gubergren et quis diam nisl sadipscing no elitr lorem elitr. Augue dolor et no no erat delenit lorem augue est at dolor tempor sed ipsum. Iusto ad sit sed sed est dolore diam elitr diam eos dolore at et augue nibh ipsum labore. Ea elit eirmod veniam liber sed gubergren sadipscing nonumy volutpat. Sanctus ipsum nisl eirmod molestie. Et aliquyam consetetur sea diam labore sit. Iriure aliquyam erat. Et ad commodo et tation tempor.
More Sample Output H2
Ipsum amet lorem justo vel dolor commodo tempor. Odio magna voluptua invidunt labore lorem lobortis sed vulputate kasd sit nam placerat gubergren magna magna. Diam lorem vero molestie quis wisi invidunt eirmod eros vero aliquyam tincidunt nonumy. Aliquip stet consequat nonumy amet invidunt odio elitr. Diam erat et voluptua sit diam eu labore amet aliquam. Clita vel eu dolore aliquyam dolore nonumy dolor sadipscing autem feugiat sit amet justo in. Accusam et magna erat duis vero no amet hendrerit dolor nonumy invidunt gubergren magna nulla veniam. Justo feugiat takimata feugiat invidunt. Ut dolor accumsan lorem justo magna augue feugait.
Et suscipit stet accusam no eum nam nonumy lorem eirmod esse erat ipsum tempor diam. Et sed tempor et illum consequat. Clita sit nobis diam et at ipsum aliquyam autem illum nostrud. In amet et consetetur sed no duo ad velit est takimata consetetur erat et amet ea aliquyam amet lobortis. Lorem sadipscing magna gubergren sadipscing odio magna magna amet no diam.
Sample Output H3
No lorem sanctus iriure velit invidunt rebum ea aliquyam erat sanctus diam sed eirmod. Sed odio lorem et diam lorem in ea consetetur clita amet ut diam tempor molestie tincidunt. Consetetur labore nostrud. Sadipscing volutpat takimata enim elitr mazim. Rebum rebum accusam ut ut clita diam at dolor. Et et invidunt est feugiat dolore lorem ut ut.
Et iriure aliquyam vero feugait sit luptatum invidunt eos sit vel facilisis duo ut magna sed ea duo. Dolor imperdiet et aliquyam eos stet. Dolor clita ipsum suscipit rebum diam enim adipiscing at velit diam augue elitr nibh elitr. Molestie takimata ut te duo in ut in nonumy labore qui dolore wisi diam ipsum at eum. Nisl et et tempor facilisi amet ea suscipit nisl et sit ipsum takimata accusam. Sea et consectetuer nonumy tempor elitr nulla amet. Zzril aliquyam diam consequat et sea velit elit eirmod at diam dolore takimata duo ut diam autem. Dolore no diam consequat sea. Voluptua sea no velit tempor voluptua nonumy voluptua sadipscing accusam accusam. Dolore consequat hendrerit dolore diam dolor ipsum minim consetetur dolor sit kasd ipsum amet. Aliquyam iriure consequat est consetetur et vulputate.
Sample Output H4
Amet dolor vel magna. Sit erat invidunt imperdiet takimata consequat amet elitr blandit aliquip esse eirmod diam liber diam dolore. Et et elit gubergren lorem takimata adipiscing voluptua nonumy lorem id adipiscing dolore et ut dolores facilisis in. Ea et in et aliquyam nisl sed dolore ut takimata amet et et dolor ipsum possim elitr justo stet. Est et qui duo sit clita gubergren. Clita labore et ut diam dolores. Sed ut est consequat dolor et vero duo et duis nulla tincidunt no consequat. Nonummy ut augue sea amet amet stet. Amet facilisis kasd sed esse gubergren invidunt tation voluptua adipiscing sea. Dignissim eirmod justo gubergren dolore elit duo duis. Et eros zzril justo et lorem eos takimata justo ea ipsum labore eos.
Sadipscing clita accusam labore labore dolor et sadipscing sanctus elitr duo sea augue lorem dolor sanctus sed lorem ipsum. Lorem aliquyam invidunt rebum nulla vel tempor facilisi invidunt at consequat sanctus. Duis amet clita gubergren gubergren magna accusam et dolore consetetur illum nulla euismod ullamcorper volutpat gubergren sadipscing magna. Amet et duo augue voluptua takimata lorem. Dolores ea sea vero sanctus facilisis sea rebum lorem sea erat sed sit te ea eirmod et ut vero. Et et dolor voluptua sea sit voluptua sea eu ipsum kasd et aliquyam dolor est consequat sed ut voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Dolore volutpat invidunt ad. Ipsum eos sea. In dignissim praesent justo ea consequat tempor magna aliquip. Takimata lorem et vel stet dolor amet facilisi vulputate dolore nihil et ipsum autem lorem consetetur labore te. Dolores zzril et ut justo sea feugait vulputate kasd erat velit ipsum no.
Vulputate tempor ad magna suscipit justo te sit et erat sit accusam et diam justo. Lorem voluptua erat lorem exerci tincidunt aliquip rebum elitr iusto. Nonumy dolor sit ut molestie te kasd est sit magna nisl dolor minim tincidunt vel lorem molestie. Vulputate tempor magna elitr takimata facer accusam no sadipscing clita et lorem amet nonumy invidunt duis et ipsum et. Illum nulla dolore ut nulla lobortis delenit.
Sample Output H3
Stet velit tincidunt rebum sit vero velit no dolor nisl feugiat diam erat sit lorem velit sed ex rebum. Ea ipsum ad dolores sea. Et quod sit duo vel voluptua congue dolor et vero. Possim lorem elit blandit ipsum sea praesent vero ipsum ipsum. Ad iriure et sea sit takimata elitr euismod takimata sea takimata.
Elitr stet sed duo aliquip labore gubergren et at. Clita sit feugiat gubergren clita vel amet diam gubergren diam consetetur magna invidunt aliquip nulla voluptua placerat. Consequat et invidunt amet amet et laoreet dolore erat zzril et rebum eum nonummy in vel. Stet lorem accumsan aliquyam labore sea adipiscing aliquyam et diam. Diam autem no laoreet te. Dolor sea kasd molestie duo sed et sanctus zzril. Lorem sit consetetur praesent te esse invidunt ea sed et sit ipsum no. Diam suscipit tation erat clita ipsum invidunt magna.
Sample Output H4
At aliquyam magna consetetur. Odio et sea molestie lobortis eros et. Magna clita diam feugait consetetur ea in iusto ipsum lorem sed duo tation et. Id clita amet accumsan eum justo. Aliquyam invidunt sadipscing blandit ut adipiscing nonumy et stet stet lorem. Tempor nonummy nisl sadipscing nonumy sit at stet sed dolore rebum consetetur tempor adipiscing. Eos at duis duo diam sadipscing sit takimata tempor ut sed illum sadipscing consequat. Clita consetetur enim rebum labore ipsum tempor dolor duis sed rebum ad sit dolore eos ad ad. Rebum diam gubergren.
Rebum tempor elitr accusam vel sit et erat dolor tempor consetetur et ut aliquyam lorem consequat. Amet eos sed sed voluptua eros sed vero rebum lorem at autem augue in sanctus lorem lorem ex. Elitr magna dolor takimata nulla ut dolor amet vero feugiat nonumy sit. Ipsum rebum stet. Erat est eirmod clita stet dolor accusam duis no ad eirmod erat accusam dolore invidunt. Ipsum sea lorem sadipscing et lorem quod duis magna est veniam voluptua lorem. Et justo aliquyam lorem ut dolor minim kasd rebum.
Sample Output H4
Diam accusam lorem nostrud consequat consequat lorem molestie accusam duis consetetur no accusam. Magna nulla sed no sea ut nonummy ipsum sanctus accusam eirmod ipsum et takimata at invidunt dolore. Sit diam liber hendrerit feugait eirmod lorem justo stet ullamcorper dolore sanctus ut gubergren gubergren amet nulla. Tempor dolor accusam enim ut magna amet consequat accusam ea ipsum dolor stet molestie nulla duis elitr. Eleifend nonumy tempor nonumy et diam et vero sit lorem invidunt diam nonumy dolor. Tempor wisi aliquyam at justo sadipscing at consetetur aliquyam dolores feugiat. Velit sadipscing amet diam vel justo praesent lorem eirmod sit rebum invidunt magna no duis clita adipiscing veniam. Quis aliquam elitr et et duis accumsan diam sit voluptua amet laoreet accusam ipsum vero justo rebum.
Justo no voluptua soluta clita magna lobortis consetetur. No nulla rebum nonummy qui eos duo delenit vel eos eu clita voluptua aliquyam commodo accumsan mazim tempor. Soluta sea sed feugiat ut sed elitr duo sed et aliquyam nonumy et lorem ad aliquyam. Clita dolore accusam ipsum molestie nulla hendrerit gubergren dolor erat eum facilisis velit consetetur. Vel sanctus kasd ut sit labore sed ex duis et. Vel eu illum amet lobortis erat lorem eos eum diam. Erat duo ea et et eirmod et enim esse. Eos clita stet duo clita adipiscing.